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> Seems insane that any system can't accept "this is public domain" as all you need. Except that's exactly (legally, anyways) sane in Europe (not EU, it predat

> Seems insane that any system can't accept "this is public domain" as all you need. Except that's exactly (legally, anyways) sane in Europe (not EU, it predates EU). Read about moral rights, and you will learn the complexities of what the US squishes into a single copyright regime. Note: moral rights was translated from French legal term droits moraux, there's no religious meaning in moral here.

hutzlibu 5y ago
"Except that's exactly sane in Europe" This is up to debate. I am a european resident and I think it is insane, that the reason I am not free to donate my work into the public domain is supposed to be "moral rights".
- zinekeller 5y ago
  Fair, I should put "legally sane", I lost the nuance there.
- michaelmrose 5y ago
  It's not that anyone is denying you your right. You aren't "free" to donate your work to flutbark bargleboff either not because its forbidden but because its undefined. Contract your lawmaker and have them define it legally. Its undefined because there isn't money to be gained by giving stuff away and for practical purposes current solutions seem to be work good enough for practical purposes for those who want to do so robs any such movement of much momentum thus far.
  - hutzlibu 5y ago
    "It's not that anyone is denying you your right" Of course they are. I am not free do do with my IP as I want. (gifting it to everyone). I have to keep ownership. (even though I reject the concept of IP alltogether) But you are right with your explanation why it is like this. There is no money in it to change it for good and current solutions work "good enough" for practical purposes (giving everyone the right to use my IP). So I will likely also just go on use the existing solutions, instead of running against walls and trying to change the laws.

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> Seems insane that any system can't accept "this is public domain" as all you need. Except that's exactly (legally, anyways) sane in Europe (not EU, it predat

by zinekeller 5y ago

hutzlibu 5y ago
"Except that's exactly sane in Europe" This is up to debate. I am a european resident and I think it is insane, that the reason I am not free to donate my work into the public domain is supposed to be "moral rights".
- zinekeller 5y ago
  Fair, I should put "legally sane", I lost the nuance there.
- michaelmrose 5y ago
  It's not that anyone is denying you your right. You aren't "free" to donate your work to flutbark bargleboff either not because its forbidden but because its undefined. Contract your lawmaker and have them define it legally. Its undefined because there isn't money to be gained by giving stuff away and for practical purposes current solutions seem to be work good enough for practical purposes for those who want to do so robs any such movement of much momentum thus far.
  - hutzlibu 5y ago
    "It's not that anyone is denying you your right" Of course they are. I am not free do do with my IP as I want. (gifting it to everyone). I have to keep ownership. (even though I reject the concept of IP alltogether) But you are right with your explanation why it is like this. There is no money in it to change it for good and current solutions work "good enough" for practical purposes (giving everyone the right to use my IP). So I will likely also just go on use the existing solutions, instead of running against walls and trying to change the laws.